kw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin Whitley) (12/07/88)
I've been playing around a bit with Macintalk in Lightspeed C. I've written an application that speaks, using SpeechOn, SpeechOff, Reader and MacinTalk calls, but I'd like to be able to set things like the voice pitch, sex, and particularly language. I've also heard rumours about problems if the Macintalk file isn't in the System Folder... Could someone please fill in the details? I will write a simple application (and post the source) using every feature that someone tells me about (and that I can make work), and works around all the bugs that purportedly exist. Kevin Whitley kw1r@andrew.cmu.edu
kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski) (11/17/89)
What happened to Macintalk anyway? I've still got the sys file, but no way to interface to it from MPW C. Any ideas? Jeff
ramaley@csli.Stanford.EDU (Alan Ramaley) (07/12/90)
Hi folks. I need a version of Macintalk that (1) allows me to interrupt it in the middle of speaking (2) allows me to use it from Think C. I would call Apple, but I don't know how free and easy they would be with the news. I'm working with Chris Weyand, if you've read his postings. Is it a matter of changing a few hooks? Do I need to get a developer's license (money money money)? Should I go back to Vic 20 programming? Hope to hear from people soon. (p.s. If you know any good public domain speech packages (with source code) that have these features, could you tell me? Thanks again) --Alan
heddle@clas01.cebaf.gov (David Heddle) (11/13/90)
Dear friends: Does anyone know how to use Think Pascal 3.0 together with MacinTalk? In the engineering class I teach we have project tournaments (MIT style) and we always use a Mac ci to keep score. This time I would like to have the Mac "announce" the next contestant. In a related matter, I like to use 'snd ' resources to snazz up the scorekeeping program. I have used up my supply and would like to get some fresh ones. Is there anything like "clip art" for 'snd ' resources? Can soundmaster files be converted to 'snd ' resources (legally)? thanks, dph
Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) (01/23/91)
Schuessler Nikolaus E writes in a message to All
SNE> MacIntalk Init (1.xx) is only about 20K or so ... That's not
SNE> too big. I would also bet that most of the K'age is from basic
SNE> speach sounds stored in the init somehow, right? If you could
SNE> somehow digitize basic speech sounds and figure out how stresses
SNE> affect the sound of syllables (i.e. how to modify the recorded
SNE> sounds), couldn't one construct a new 'macIntalk' using the free
SNE> form synthesizer?
Pobably somewhat how they did it. Apple warns folks not to use MacIntalk because
they never procured the source code and can't upgrade it to use the better capabilities
in the new systems. If you can write a better "MouseTalk," the whole of MacWorld
will beat a path to your door.
Gopherit.
Lawson
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